Tuesday, November 20, 2012

ihp + Technique Tuesday

Welcome to i heart papers' November design team challenge! This month, we're teaming up with some of the girls from the Technique Tuesday team for a combined hop featuring Technique Tuesday's stamps and i {heart} papers' products. You can browse the Technique Tuesday category of the ihp store here.

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My project for today features Technique Tuesday's set, The Moon! Don't you think these are just the sweetest images?!

I've had this little printer's tray sitting around for a while now. It *just so happened* to be out on my desk when my i {heart} papers box arrived, and I noticed that those little accent stamps would be *just the right size* to fill in the 2 x 2 sections of the tray. At first I thought I would paint the tray white over blue and sand some of the edges to expose the underpainting, but I'm kind of glad that I stamped, colored and cut the images first. It ended up that I really like the contrast of the original black against that pale blue designer paper.

All of the images were stamped on Copic blending paper, colored with Copic markers, fussy cut and adhered to the Fancy Pants Hopscotch designer paper. I used warm gray markers to shade the background before adhering the colored and cut image. Mom's dress is paper-pieced from another print from the same designer paper pack, and shaded with Copic markers to add a little more dimension and depth. There are Stickles highlights in her hair, as well as on the moon and stars. i {stick} papers tape adheres the finished designs to the tray.

As hard as I tried to add more to this project, it just demanded to remain clean and simple! I added a few rhinestone accents, and left it at that! With the addition of some eyelet screws threaded with ribbon (maybe some light blue twill or faux suede...or yellow-orange satin!?), it could become a wall hanging instead of a table-top display, but for now (since I don't have any eyelet screws!) I'm leaving it as is. I really love this color combo and that clean, uncluttered look. That way, these sweet images simply demand your attention!